Tickle: alternatives and connections

An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

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To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

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obs. p. p. of Shake.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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of Touch

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of Tickle

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of Tickle

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A warbling; a trill.

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of Tickle

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To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.

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The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation.

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To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.

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of Vibrate

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